ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit city on Monday to review the flood situation in the region and damages caused during the monsoon season, his office said as the death toll from rains in the country surged to 300.
Pakistani authorities last week declared 37 villages in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region “calamity-affected” after cloud burst-induced floods disrupted life there. Ten people have lost their lives and five have been injured due to torrential monsoon rains in GB since June 26, as per the National Disaster Management Authority’s (NDMA) latest situation report.
GB’s Diamer, Skardu, Gilgit and Ghizer were among the districts hit worst by rains and floods last week. The situation prompted authorities to launch immediate relief activities in these areas.
“Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has arrived on a one-day tour to Gilgit,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.
GB Chief Minister Gulbar Khan and the region’s Governor Syed Mehdi Shah received Sharif upon his arrival to the city. The Pakistani prime minister is accompanied by senior ministers and officials, the PMO said.
